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Volunteers sought for cancer study in Oklahoma

Mar 3, 2010

by SUSAN SIMPSON
The Oklahoman 

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Oklahoma women with ovarian cancer are needed to test new therapies aimed at prolonging life and reducing treatment side effects. 

Dr. Joan Walker of the OU Cancer Institute is leading a five-year clinical trial that could grow to include 1,800 women across the nation. So far, 13 Oklahomans have enrolled in the study.

"The ultimate goal is to find the new ovarian cancer treatment standard of care that can be done nationwide or worldwide and make everyone live longer than 5 years and maybe 10 years,” Walker said


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